4-year-old injured after falling out second-story window

Emergency personnel from EastCare and Havelock Fire and Rescue load a four-year-old girl onto an EastCare helicopter after the child fell from a second story window in Havelock on Monday afternoon. The child was transported to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

Drew C. Wilson/Havelock News

By Havelock News

Published: Monday, June 23, 2014 at 04:10 PM.

A 4-year-old girl was injured after falling out of a second-story window Monday afternoon in Havelock.

The girl was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, but her condition was not immediately available.

Cyrus said the girl had been playing with other children at a window sill in a second-floor room when she fell backward through a window screen. He said the incident was an unfortunate accident.

Havelock rescue personnel transported the child to the Havelock Public Safety building where a landing zone was established for an EastCare helicopter to fly the child to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

The helicopter lifted off at 3:05 p.m.

The name of the child was not available.

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Cyrus said the girl had been playing with other children at a window sill in a second-floor room when she fell backward through a window screen. He said the incident was an unfortunate accident.

Havelock rescue personnel transported the child to the Havelock Public Safety building where a landing zone was established for an EastCare helicopter to fly the child to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.